The ŽSSK 812 032-5 seen at Podbrezová

Podbrezová is a small settlement, the reason for the huge station building is the steel mill operating here. That's why it was the starting point of the Zolyombrézó - Tiszolc - Rimaszombat HÉV, a local railway that built the rack-and-pinion railway accross Zbojská in the Vepor Mountains. The railway to Vereskő (Červená Skala) was a branch line to that railway, which was rebuilt and extended as a main line as far as Margecany, using an existing mine railway from Margecany to Gelnica and its narrow-gauge extension as far as Mnísek nad Hnilcom. The rest of the narrow-gauge railway to Smolník was dismantled. Photos can be found on this Slovakian webpage .